MP801Zk Social Security Law

Faculty of Law
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Petr Hůrka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Jana Komendová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Petr Mrkývka, Ph.D. (lecturer), JUDr. Jana Komendová, Ph.D. (deputy)
JUDr. Michal Smejkal, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Michal Blažek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Vojtěch Kadlubiec, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Petr Hůrka, Ph.D.
Department of Financial Law and Economics – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Zuzana Suchá
Supplier department: Department of Financial Law and Economics – Faculty of Law
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, PR_)
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
Social Security Law deals with the fundamental issues in creating and implementing the social security system in its broadest sense of the term. It focuses on the health insurance system, the sickness insurance system, the pension insurance system, the state social benefit scheme and the social assistance system. In the end of this course students should be able to comprehend the system of social security; be able to understand the specific features of its functioning; be able to solve the concrete social situations of natural persons by using the legal regulations.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the students will be able to understand the system and functioning of the system of social security. Moreover, they will be able to understand the administrative proceedings in the matters of the social security
Syllabus
  • The subject, the system and the sources of Social Security Law; The fundamental principles of Social Security Law; The functions of Social Security Law; The health insurance - person covered, matters covered; Sickness insurance - person covered, matters covered, the different benefits; The pension insurance - persons covered, matters covered, the different pensions; The state social benefit - persons covered, matters covered, the different benefits; The social assistance - persons covered, matters covered, the different benefits and services; The procedure and decision-making in Social Security Law
Literature
    required literature
  • Hůrka, P., Komendová, J., Stránský, J., Smejkal, M., Halíř, J., Kadlubiec, V., Machálek, P. Právo sociálního zabezpečení. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2023. 338 s. ISBN 978-80-7380-912-6.
    not specified
  • KOLDINSKÁ, Kristina. Právo sociálního zabezpečení. Vydání první. V Praze: C.H. Beck, 2022, xvi, 481. ISBN 9788074009020. info
Teaching methods
Lectures with the presentaion in PowerPoint; participation in seminars; solving of concrete cases.
Assessment methods
Oral examination - one question from the basic theory of the social security law and one question from the concrete legal regulation of the social security law.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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